The coyote (Canis latrans) is a species of canine native to North
America. It is smaller than its close relative, the wolf, and slightly
smaller than the closely related eastern wolf and red wolf. It fills
much of the same ecological niche as the golden jackal does in
Eurasia, though it is larger and more predatory, and it is sometimes
called the American jackal by zoologists. Other names for the species,
largely historical, include the prairie wolf and the brush wolf.The
coyote is listed as least concern by the International Union for
Conservation of Nature, due to its wide distribution and abundance
throughout North America, southwards through Mexico and into Central
America. The species is versatile, able to adapt to and expand into
environments modified by humans. It is enlarging its range, with
coyotes moving into urban areas in the eastern U.S., and was sighted
in eastern Panama (across the Panama Canal from their home range) for
the first time in 2013.The coyote has 19 recognized subspecies. The
average male weighs 8 to 20 kg (18 to 44 lb) and the average female 7
to 18 kg (15 to 40 lb). Their fur color is predominantly light gray
and red or fulvous interspersed with black and white, though it varies
somewhat with geography. It is highly flexible in social organization,
living either in a family unit or in loosely knit packs of unrelated
individuals. Primarily carnivorous, its diet consists mainly of deer,
rabbits, hares, rodents, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and
invertebrates, though it may also eat fruits and vegetables on
occasion. Its characteristic vocalization is a howl made by solitary
individuals. Humans are the coyote's greatest threat, followed by
cougars and gray wolves. In spite of this, coyotes sometimes mate with
gray, eastern, or red wolves, producing "coywolf" hybrids. In the
northeastern regions of North America, the eastern coyote (a larger
subspecies, though still smaller than wolves) is the result of various
historical and recent matings with various types of wolves. Genetic
studies show that most North American wolves contain some level of
coyote DNA. Coyote Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter